Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: Senate Finance Committee Hears Testimony on Proposal to Limit Access to Death Master File
April 19, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Dodges Offer of Judgment Mootness Question; Holds that Moot Claim Ends FLSA Collective Action
April 16, 2013
Legal Alert: Administration Proposes To Limit Access to Death Master File
April 15, 2013
Legal Alert: Constitutional Challenge to Kentucky's Death Master File Statute Rejected
April 4, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Fails to Clarify Standard of Evidence for Class Damages
March 29, 2013
Legal Alert: Retained Asset Account Litigation—Summary Judgment Entered for MetLife
March 20, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds That Damages Stipulation Cannot Bind Class and Defeat Federal Jurisdiction
March 20, 2013
Legal Alert: Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Issues Again Before the Supreme Court
February 28, 2013
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Decides Materiality Need Not Be Demonstrated for Class Certification
February 27, 2013
Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation – Recent Rulings Diverge on the Scope of Insurer Discretion to Set Rates
February 6, 2013
Legal Alert: Ohio Court Holds No Insurer Duty to Search Death Master File
November 8, 2012
Legal Alert: A Storm Cloud on the Horizon: Unclaimed Property Auditors Targeting Middle-Tier Insurance Companies
September 28, 2012
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Applies ERISA Fiduciary Privilege Exception to Insurer
September 13, 2012
Legal Alert: The New York Department of Financial Services Announces Emergency Promulgation of Insurance Regulation 200 on Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits
May 18, 2012
Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Rulings in ERISA Retained Asset Account Cases
February 23, 2012
Legal Alert: Act Clarifying Jurisdiction and Venue in Federal Court Now in Effect
January 31, 2012
Legal Alert: U.S. Court of Appeals Holds New Jersey’s Retroactive Escheatment of Gift Card Abandoned Funds Unconstitutional and its Priority Rules Preempted by Federal Law
January 18, 2012
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rings in New Year with Another Ruling in Favor of Arbitration
January 12, 2012
Legal Alert: House Subcommittee Approves Bill to Prevent the Federal Insurance Office and Office of Financial Research from Collecting Data Directly from Insurance Companies
December 22, 2011
Legal Alert: Illustration Disclosures Lead to Dismissal of Universal Life Insurance Class Action
November 29, 2011
Legal Alert: The Top 10 Ways Unclaimed Property Audits Differ From Insurance Market Conduct Exams
August 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Limits Federal Courts’ Ability to Enjoin Relitigation of Class Certification in State Courts
June 24, 2011
Legal Alert: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Reshapes Class Action Certification
June 20, 2011
Legal Alert: NAIC Releases Draft White Paper On Corporate Governance; At Odds With Existing Bodies of U.S. Law
June 10, 2011
Legal Alert: Tenth Circuit Rules That Title Insurers Did Not Violate Antitrust Laws Even If They Allegedly Conspired to Bribe the State Superintendent of Insurance
May 3, 2011
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds That the Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Law Limitations on Arbitration Agreements
April 28, 2011
Legal Alert: New York Department of Financial Services to Have Authority Beyond Legacy Regulators; New Legal Risks Emerge for Insurers
April 27, 2011
Legal Alert: Third Circuit Holds that Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Parties Agreed to Class Arbitration
February 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation – Recent Ruling on Meaning of “Mortality Experience” and Other Developments
February 7, 2011
Legal Alert: Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Supreme Court to Review Certification of “Gargantuan” Class
December 6, 2010
Legal Alert: Motion to Dismiss ERISA Retained Asset Account Claims Denied
November 22, 2010
Legal Alert: New York’s Highest Court Approves STOLI Policy Sales
November 18, 2010
Legal Alert: Federal Court: Egregious Facts May Permit Life Policy Rescission After Expiration of Incontestability Period
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Certified Deferred Annuity Class Action
October 8, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Review Ability of Federal Courts to Enjoin Relitigation of Class Certification in State Courts
October 7, 2010
Legal Alert: Annuity Surrender Charge/MVA Disclosures Held Insufficient in California
October 6, 2010
Legal Alert: New Whistleblower Protections for Financial Service Employees
October 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Suit Alleging Fraud and Negligent Design in the Sale of Universal Life Insurance Policies
September 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Class Certification in Fixed Annuity Interest Crediting Case
August 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Lessons Learned as Court Denies Motion to Dismiss FLSA Collective Action That Alleges Financial Advisors Misclassified as Independent Contractors
August 18, 2010
Legal Alert: The Dodd-Frank Act: A New Era of Financial Regulation and the Implications for the Insurance Industry
August 3, 2010
Legal Alert: Class Certified in Action Involving Annuity Sales to Seniors
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court: If Clearly Delegated the Task, Arbitrator Decides When Arbitration Agreement is Unconscionable
June 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Eleventh Circuit Lifts Barriers to Federal Removal
June 10, 2010
Legal Alert: District Court Rules on Stranger-Initiated Annuity Transactions
June 4, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Consider Whether Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Law Limitations on Arbitration Agreements
June 1, 2010
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Does Not Impose “Prevailing Party” Requirement for Award of Attorneys’ Fees
May 24, 2010
Legal Alert: Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds: U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Class Arbitration Cannot be Imposed on Parties Whose Agreements Are Silent on the Issue
April 28, 2010
Legal Alert: Shady Grove: No Sanctuary for Federal Class Action Defendants
April 5, 2010
Legal Alert: ERISA 401(k) Plan Proprietary Fund Claims Dismissed in Part
March 23, 2010
Legal Alert: The Criminal Provisions of ERISA
January 4, 2010
Legal Alert: Florida Supreme Court Ends Putative Class Action Alleging Numerous Florida Insurance Code Violations
December 1, 2009
Legal Alert: Haddock Update – Class Certification Granted
November 16, 2009
Legal Alert: Ninth Circuit Overturns Denial of Class Certification in Action Involving Sale of Annuities to Senior Citizens; Orders Class Certified
August 31, 2009
Legal Alert: Class Certification Denied in Fixed Indexed Annuity Interest-Crediting Case
July 27, 2009
Legal Alert: NAF Announces That It Will No Longer Arbitrate Consumer Disputes, and AAA Comes Tumbling After
July 27, 2009
Legal Alert: Congress to Weaken Pleading Requirements?
July 24, 2009
Legal Alert: Summary Judgment for 401(k) Plan Sponsor in ERISA Revenue Sharing/Excess Fee Litigation
March 9, 2009
Legal Alert: Class Decertification Denied in Action Involving Bonus Annuity Claims
March 2, 2009
Legal Alert: Class Certification Denied in Fixed Annuity Interest-Crediting Case
February 26, 2009
Legal Alert: Seventh Circuit Affirms Judgment for Employer and Mutual Fund Complex in ERISA Revenue Sharing/Excess Fee Litigation
February 13, 2009
Legal Alert: First Circuit Allows ERISA Retained Asset Account Claim to Proceed
November 12, 2008
Legal Alert: ERISA Revenue-Sharing Litigation Update: One Class Certification Denied; Two Classes Certified; Motion to Dismiss
October 3, 2008
Legal Alert: Recent Class Action Developments in the Financial Services Industry
July 10, 2008
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Attempt to Apply ERISA to Fee and "Revenue Sharing" Claims Relating to 403(b) Annuities for Public School Employees
May 28, 2008
Legal Alert: Former Participants Have Standing to Pursue Equitable, But Not Legal Remedies With Respect to IRA Rollovers
May 5, 2008
Legal Alert: District Court Rules that State's Prohibition of "Discretionary Clauses" Not Preempted by ERISA
March 10, 2008
Legal Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Federal Arbitration Act Supersedes State Laws Vesting Jurisdiction in Administrative Forums
February 22, 2008
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Allows ERISA Relief for Individual Plan Accounts
February 21, 2008
Legal Alert: Rulings on Class Certification, Expert Testimony and Summary Judgment in Case Involving Sales of Annuities for Qualified Retirement Plans
February 18, 2008
Legal Alert: Third Circuit Declares That Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Law Decisions Invalidating Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
January 14, 2008
Legal Alert: DOL Proposes New ERISA Disclosure Requirements for Plan Service Providers
December 13, 2007
Legal Alert: New "Revenue Sharing" Class Certification
December 6, 2007
Legal Alert: Haddock Update – Fifth Amended Complaint Survives Motion to Dismiss
October 3, 2007
Legal Alert: Supreme Court to Consider ERISA Relief Available in Individual Account Plan Cases
June 19, 2007
Legal Alert: Class Certified in Mutual Fund "Revenue Sharing" Case
June 8, 2007
Legal Alert: Second Circuit Rejects Private Right of Action Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
March 20, 2007
